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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a kachina?
(a) Zuni ancestor spirit, mask, or wooden doll.
(b) Navajo ancestor spirit or mask.
(c) A toy doll.
(d) Evil spirit.

2. In Chapter 2, Leaphorn is given an assignment. What is it?
(a) Find George Bowlegs.
(b) Find both boys.
(c) Investigate the blood on the bicycle.
(d) Find Ernesto Cata.

3. In Chapter 3, what does Leaphorn offer Cecil in an effort to get him to open up?
(a) A candy car.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A cola.
(d) A ride into town.

4. Whose nickname is "Orange"?
(a) Joe Leaphorn.
(b) J.D. Highsmith.
(c) Ed Pasquaanti.
(d) Cipriano Naranjo.

5. In Chapter 8, who is the man in the blue shirt that Leaphorn sees at the door?
(a) The killer.
(b) Shorty Bowlegs.
(c) George Bowlegs.
(d) Ed Pasquaanti.

6. What does Cecil's lunchbox say on it?
(a) Cecil Bowlegs.
(b) St. Anthony School.
(c) Happiness is a strong kite string.
(d) It says nothing.

7. Whom does Leaphorn leave Cecil with after the death of Shorty Bowlegs?
(a) A Franciscan brother at St. Anthony's.
(b) Navajo Social Services.
(c) Jason's Fleece.
(d) The Cata family.

8. What is Pasquaanti's job?
(a) State Policeman.
(b) Federal Agent.
(c) Chief of Zuni Police.
(d) Navajo Policeman.

9. In Chapter 6, what is the last message that Leaphorn receives from the Window Rock operator?
(a) George Bowlegs has been sighted.
(b) His supervisor wants to know about an embezzlement case.
(c) Ernesto Cata's body has been found.
(d) He has a dentist appointment the next day.

10. Who is having a birthday in a few days and turning 13?
(a) Ernesto Cata.
(b) George Bowlegs.
(c) Cecil Bowlegs.
(d) Pasquaanti's son.

11. In Chapter 8, what does Leaphorn find hanging from the hogan blanket rope?
(a) Shorty Bowlegs.
(b) Blanket.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Bedrolls.

12. By a white man's standards, what is Shorty Bowlegs net worth?
(a) $350.
(b) $50.
(c) $500.
(d) $100.

13. In Chapter 1, what is stenciled on the back of the Little Fire God's sweatshirt?
(a) Property of St. Anthony's Mission Church.
(b) Property of Zuni Consolidated Schools.
(c) Property of the Little Fire God.
(d) Property of the Zuni Pueblo.

14. In Chapter 10, to what job is Naranjo assigned?
(a) Escorting the federal agents around.
(b) Interviewing the Zuni.
(c) Monitoring the highways.
(d) Covering non-Navajo periphery of the Zuni reservation.

15. Who are Bacobi and Atarque?
(a) Zuni police.
(b) Bureau of Indian Affairs employees.
(c) Navajo herders.
(d) Ernesto Cata's uncles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, who does Leaphorn witness driving away from the commune?

2. What does Dr. Reynolds drive?

3. In Chapter 6, who is wearing good, but dirty boots?

4. How many spikes does Leaphorn spy on Cata's right shoe?

5. What language do words like Shulawitsi and Shalako come from?

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